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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1887-12-21, Page 3r" r 14u Advo tioetn*sto *to gap Nuts -Jackson Bros. Confectionery --Jos. An4rrson.. Millinery. Sale-Dutlor & Co. Xmas heeds -Wig. Cooper. E.lieboluugit Coueert Cowpauy. Christmas Novelties -Jackson tiros. Dau'des-\1'ut. Cooper. 4•110.,11111101 The Huron News -Record 41.50 a Yutr-31-25 ru Aavau.e. Wednesday, December 21,1887 ENCOURAGING MAN U- FA CTURERS. Three weeks ago Mr. Graham, of ,the Clinton Woolen Mill made ap- plication to the town council for a loan of $7,000 for ton years. Wo have already givon the terms upon which he -wished the loan. So far as we can grasp public opinion the vot- ers would be averse to advancing any money ju connection with the electric light portion of Mr. Graham's scheme. For ourselves we do not know sufficient about <•a. to express an opinion as to the electric light proposition. There does seer:., however, to be a general desire +tmong our people to retain the business of the manufac- ture of woolen goods. Mr. Graham contemplates removing the machin- ery if he cannot sell. It we do not miscalculate the trend of public feeling our people would bo willing to ]lust Mr. Graham iu a spirit that would result iu the continuance of his business here and mutual bone• fit. The suggestion made by deputy- reeee Manning at last meeting of the couucil might bo carried out, and a test of public opinion made, at a mere nominal cost, by taking' an informal- vote ou the aiding of in• dustrial concerns, and to what ox• tent, tit tlte canting January elections. The system was adopted in Gode- rirh two or three years ago with reference to granting money for the tturcliase of Agricultural grounds, far water work. and fur electric iiaflt. The mode of :ascertaining public opinion without going to the ex- pense of submitting a by-law would bre to have au open poll book on Clay of utu.uioipal voting, containing only names of those gviali(ied to vote on money .by-laws, and 'record the yeas and clays for and against a utoi ey grant. It might ho a good idea then for. the council to provide means 'for ob- taining an expression of popular opinion regarding money aid, by way of a loan or Io ns to responsible practical filen, who would engage in, manufacturing in Clinton. A loan to the woolen mill or any other factory might be proposed somewhat on the following lines : $.5,000 to each, without interest, fo; a terns of ten years, repayment to commence at the end of fivo years and continuo at the rate of $1,000 a year for tite last five years. ,The :parties obtaining the loan to invest another $5,000 and give the corpor- ation security on the whole for the repayment of the advance made by the town. The expense of ascertaining whether•..the ratepayers would bo in flavor of any one, or"all, of the fol- lowing or affy outer propositions that might be named would not in Ina' event exceed $20, probably not cost $5. (Proposition 1,) That a loin of of $5,000, for ten years, without in- , tercet, be granted . fur the purpose of pining the manu- facture of woolen: geode iu the town of Clintou, and on suet) other con- ditions as, may bo embodied in to by- law to be submitted to the qualified ratepayers at some future time. (2) Thit_a loan of $5,000 for ton years, without interest, be granted to for the purpose of aiding the manufacture of hoots and shoes in the town of Clinton, and on such Other conditions as may bo embodied in a by-law to be submitted to •tho qualified ratepayers, at seine future time. (3) That a lean of $5,000 for tun years, without interest, be granted for the purpose of aiding the manufacture of furniture in the town of Clinton, on such conditions as may be embodied in a by-law to be submitted to the ratepayers, at some future time. ' To these might bo added, tho aid- ing of a twine factory and it carriage parts factory. It has boon talked of amoug our ift citizens that there aro responsible and practical men in town who would eugagu iu these va:riutts .0er.- prises wok encouragement givon them by the (rorpor•ation. It behooves our people to uut only maintain "the standard of our town as a manufacturing one but to add to the number of factories. Supposing $20,000 were loaned to four different firms, to be repaid iu ton ye; r1 -v instilmeuts of $1,000 a year after the first five years, the average cost to the town on each $5,000 would only amount, at 5 per cent, to about $188 a year; or for the whole $20,000 au average of about $750 a year. Now if we can secure the employ ment of 30 or 40 more artisans in town than we otherwise wquld have the $188 a year would be a good investment, or 120 to 160 alaizans extra at an expense of $750 a year. We are aware that many of oar citizens are averse to granting muni- cipal bonuses in such eases,consider- ing that public money should not be spent for private benefit. In the minuor .we have 'outlined, the ex- penditure would be small and could hardly be called bouusing. It is not by auy means certain that any one would accept a loan of the amounts waned and on the con- ditions stated, though wo believe titters could bo found. Bet as wo have saitj the propositions ]night be submitted ou election day, without costing anything to speak of, and if auy of thous, were approved the in- coming count could act intullig- outly and acleilly with present ps residents of the town or auy one else willing and able to embark in such enterprises. As there are quite a number of our citizens who aro interested in farm property, it ni•ight be stated that the progress of a town in manu- facturing will necessarily ourich the neighboring country and en- hance the value of p101)0113 there. Look where you will and the great - or :the manufacturing interests in towns, the more valuable is farm property within a radius of five or six utiles. The local market for p:ioduee is sure be better, and while such a uonditiou enriches farriers it gives them a purchasing power that enlarges the trade of the merchant -and -the 'mechanic, also benefitting the unskilled laborer. EDITORIAL NOTES:: Though in point of climate and productiveness nature has blessed Canada more richly than the United States, yet as that country has had a century or more the start, site has a large supply of what we in Canada aro pre-eminently noted for. Talto it in the matter of horses, there is a popular impression that the Amer- icans must have Canadian horses. The secretary. of the United States Treasury ruthlessly dissipated that pleasing illusion last Friday. Ho was appealed to to permit persons en- gaged in lumbering in the United States to import from Canada for temporary use, without duty, teams of animals and articles for use in the lumbering camps, which teams and -animals are to be brought in by Canadians. The Secretary in his reply said "that there was no no• cessity for granting the request, fur the reason that the animals needed in the lumbering business can bo readily obtained in the United States." Those commercial unionists be funny fellows. If "the Americans -import goods from Canada, tho Can., adieu exporter pays the American duty. If the Canadians import goods from the States, thp poor Canadian importer has also 6. foot the "blackmail" duty. Ah, rue, pity the sorrows of the poor help- less and hopeless'Canadians. Tho absurdity of -this sort, of argument by the commercial unionists is equal to that of the boy who said he had one log on both sides of the fence at the 5;1111 ti oto. Our local eotem says Mr. Irwin paya the duty on tho barley he exports, and editor Holmes bocomos frantic at the robbery of Canadians when they pay duty on imports. The fact of the matter is that if thore,was• no American duty on barley that cereal would be worth in the American markets just ten conts a bushel loss than it is now. It would not make a par- ticle of difference to the Canadian grower how high the, American duty is, tho consumer has to pay that. 1' Xw:{+.•1.1F.•#M��%'••G7wk7r".}WSrFi'IgtiA jl!'^. Nfi1 e4 ,�. sir. John V. Ellis, M; P. for reason that vlu'ioutl "State graugus St. J•Qhn City, N. 11., fu hi.+ paper, the: Globe, ootnes wet squarely tut the annexation of Canada to the United Status. He argues that this would be a simple way to settle the fishery trouble. Mr Ellis is au honest in in and a man of peace, evidently. He is honest in making a square declamation of what ire means and does not dis- guise his real opiuions by a miser- able commercial union mask. But if he' thinks that Canadians will deliver up their property or the demand of the first vandal robber that comes along ho will find that he "reckoned without the host." The wonder is whether the. Grit papers remember what they used to say labout the C. P. R. not being able to earn axle -grease, and that after the company had got the land and money subsidies, the - road would be thrown on the hands of the Government as a white elephant, When they publish such items as the fullowing clipped from Monday's -Loudon Advertiser : "General Manager Van Horne said to an Ot- tawa reporter on Thursday that the Clinadian Pacific Railway was doing a vory handsome winter business. Between North Bay and Port Arthur whilst on' his visit of inspection, he passed 21 oast -bound freight trains, and between Winnipeg and Port Arthur 28 oas'C'bouiel freight trains. All these were loaded with wheat. The passenger traffic was also keep- ing up very well." Tiuie has its re- venges, auti the Grits aro frequent victims.' -- .__._.- Mr. Alex. Bugg, of Calgary, has been engaged in uegotiutions with the Imperial government, on -behalf of the government of. British (Jul- umbia, with a view tc promote Ito emigration of crofters to that• pro- vince. All that is asked of the Imperial government is that it •advance to each needy and accept- able crofter family the stun of $G00 to meet the expense of settling in tho new country, and the British Columbia government promises to guarantee the repayment of this loan within a reasonable time. There is lots of Laud in the North- west• and it worth' pay Jiro Imperial Government to .como to some such arrangement with the Dominion Government in order to got till of their surplus population. The Dominion Government to give the land at a nominal price and let, the Imperial Government take it and improvements Its security foi 'ad- vances they would make.. It goes "against the grain" of our 'cotenl. to find that Sir John Mac- donald, the Premier of this Domin- ion, comes out of tho election pro- test with clean skirts. 0, for the rarity of Christian charity 1 It is deplorable. to find any journalist, even a `Grit one, . making such a 'vicious declaration. Both Grit and Tory should be proud of the fact, should glory in it, that the foremost statesman in the Dominion has come. out of one of the fiercest political contests with clean skirts. Instead of this eve find these "purists'' declare that it goes against rho grain. Sink Christian charity, sink ordinary patriotism if only a political opponent can be befouled, seems the doctrine of the fag end of a faction that now represents what was once a respectable party. Those also glory in their false fulmina- tions of corruption against the Tories. Even 'when the foul aspersions, as in Nest Huron and Kingston, have been oast back in thetir teeth they say, travestying Tonnyson's beauti- ful sentiment, "better to have black - washed an opponent and failed than never to Have, blackwashod at all." In other words it is the carry- ing out of the infamous doctrine, "if you can finite nothing against the .conduct of an opponent, abuse him." The last official returns' we have at hand of the cereal productions of the United States (1880) gives the product of barley iu that year at 44,113,495. To hear the com- mercial unionists talk one would think that the Americans do not produ6'o bierloy to any extent and consequently would pay the same price for barley with the duty off as they would with the duty on. Tho American farmers get 10 cents a bushel more for their 50,000,000 bushels of barley with the duty on than with it off, and that is the have 111#xsed, t;.eooltrtione 'instructing their represoutalives to oppose any. reduction in the duty ou farmers pruaace. Uauadlen farmers may rest assured that Americans are not going to pay auy more fur Canadian b irloy than they can help, And tho moment the duty comes off dun•u u-onld come tho price. But as commercial union is utterly im- practicable we ore nut likely to have the matter tested. To show the enormous strides that have takeu place in the production of 1) n•le'y in the Uultod States we give official statistics as follows: Only 5,167,015 bushels in 1850 ; 15,825.898 bushels in 1860;-29,- 101,305, bushels in 1870; 44,1132- 495 bushels in 1880. Iu I886 they probably raised 90,000,000. In many states where wheat and corn was formerly raised barley is now grown profitably. And still the wail goes up from the Globo and globelots that the Americans are sufferiug from their suicidal taxation of Canadian fish, Canadian horses and Canadian barley. And the remedy proposed is that Canada linter the Union and help the Anterieaus to got rid. of their burdens. If they waut our wares at prices approximating their value in Canada let them take off the duty, w'o e.alnut. The »yst•1nt of custom's duties is the the most equitable means of rais- ing motley for carrying on the govern Ment. But it is the bete 'nuirtof our town cotem. Ile never refers to it without drawing the long bury. Ho says, 'Mr. 2. Irwin of Clinton shipped 50,000 bushels of barley to the Vnit cl states, on %ditch he pays a duty of $5,000.' The state- ment is an unqualified fib. Mr,. Ireriu dues nothing of the kind. Barley is worth from from 70 to 90 cents a bushel in Buffalo. Presum- ing that Mr. Irwin's barley costs him on the cars in Clinton 70 cents and that it is sold for 90 cents in Buffalo. Of this 90 cents the Amerieau duty Makes 10 cents. Mr. Irwin has the other 10 epnts for freight,. and other charges. , Tho American purchaser or consumer pays tile duty of 10 cents a bushel, even if Mr Irwin does advance it, Mr. Irwin or the farmers of Can- ada have no more to do with paying the duty than the niau in the moon. If there was no duty he would get outs 80 cents n bushel -just the duty -lens, and the Canadian formetisa corresponding 10 cents loss. Anuth- er instauee of direct fabrication ou thes part of our town cotern is when lie states, "A business man in town.recoived a small parcel from the United Status this week which cost SO cents and the duty thereon was 70 cents." Wo have inquired of the Collector here and have his authority for stating that no such entry was made here or auy such duty demanded or paid. The statement is the pure, or impure, invention Of oar cotem. Tho reli- ability of our cotein touching Cust- oms dues is only' equalled by the shame -faced -floss with which he makes statements that can bo offici- ally disproved by any ono in town who will take the trouble to in- quire of the Collector as wo have done. Na, AND lilts. D.iitic and lir. and .lits. Ulucas, of Godericb, attended the wedding here last week of- Mr. ]2. K. Logan to Miss Gil- christ. Tna .News -Racoon wishes Mr. and Mrs. Logan the coinpli- nients of the occasion. • I-It:itoN HOMES SOLD. -Mr. Bis- sett, of Exeter, sold his carriage team for $650. This is probably tate highest price ever paid in the coup-_ ty of Huron for a carriago team. Ono of the'pair was the Tontine colt. Mr. Bissett bought from Mr. Joseph Copp, of Clinton. .,Mr. IIawkshaw, of Exeter sold his roan colt bred by Mr. Samuel Burk, Goderich - town- ship, from Tontine, for $525. Mr. W. Thompson, of London, has bought Tontine Maggio from her Hamburg owner for a figura not stated, but said to bo away up in the hundreds. A YOUNG }'ELLow wont into a village in Huron county a few days ago' to buy a wedding present for a friend that was getting married. Ho had a $5 William when he arrived. Ho bought a china cup and saucer and intended to buy a pair of boots with the balance. Before buying the boots he went into an hotel with some friends, and soon forgot •about his intended purchase. When he had spent all his money he started for home, and in corning out of the hotel ho fell and broko the wedding present. ROEERTSON'S glattGigaiitiC Gift dale Has so completely gleaned us out of 'stuff' that it 'mensal NEW GOODS EVERY WEEK, Among the latest tates our buying arrivals ale : Blankets at $2.50 a pair. All -Wool Tweeds yard. Grey flannels at 18c and 25c per Cottons at 40, 5c, 7e, 80,10c. Towelings at at 8c. Christmas Handkerchiefs at 5c, 8e, Also a big line of Colored Cashmeres You all know the place to find at $7 c per yard. Grey ' 5c. Cantons roc and 121e. at 25e. "THE_ Paid MAN'S FRIEND" IS AT ROBER TSON'S Great Cash Store, Clinton. Definite Proposal. After we had put.iu type an ar- ticle on "Encouraging Manufac- turers," which appears in another culu'mu, we obtained a copy of the following revised proposition of Mr. Graham submitted to the finance committee last Thursday and they will ;cause an informal, vote to be taken on the same on polling day. This proposition is quite.....d.ofi.ulte and the conditions such as should hoot with the approval of every voter who has the interest of the town at heart. In consideration of the town of Clinton granting me al loan of $7000 without in- terest for ten years. I David Graham, of Inglewood, in the county of Peel, 111911- ut3teturer, agree to do as follows :- To expend the sum of 32000 on the Mill property now owned by me in the town of Clinton before any part of the said loan is advanced. The sum of $2000 not to include any expenditure for pur- poses of ek,ct]•10 light. To give a first uiiultgage on said mill property and a collateral Chattel Mortga- ge on the machinery in said mill for the full ,urn of $7000 conditioned to repay the salvo as follows : $1000 on the 1st day of April 1892 and a $1000 o11 the ]same day in elieh of the following six years without interest, '1'o give lay personal bond for the repay- ment of said slue on the sante terms. 1'o enter into all agreement to 1'1111 the said hill property for at least eleven mouths in the year and to keep employed ip so doing thirty employees under wages -and in ease of default at any time to •give the town full power to •proceed under tire said mortgages and bond. - Said mortgages, bond and agreement to he drams and executed to the satisfaction of the Finance Committee of"the town coun- cil or any solicitor they may retain. To keep the said twill property and machinery insured to • it, hill insurable value or to -tire snm 01$0000. - To aa'ccpt from the said town as cash the debentures contemplated hereunder for $7000 with interest thereon at 5 per cent. payable half yearly. (Signed) DAN': n cli:.lukm. Upon Mr. Graham signifying his as- sent to tine foregoing conditions the Com- mittee agree to submit the salve to to an inlormal vote of the properly qualified electors at the ensuing Municipal elections and in the event of the sauce being carried to_reuornmend the incoming council to submit the saute in the regular way. Morris • Tho council met in the council room Dec. 12th 1887, pursuant to ad- journment, when the following ac- counts were paid, namely : J. Harrison, cleaning out ditch $2 ; Corporation of Turnbery, boundary work $3.50 ; Grey, do $4.10 ; Coulter, lifting machine ropairiug bridge. $3 ; D. Vaualstiue, repairing Exfords house $5 ; Wm. Ilenderson, draiu and culvert $2.50 ; J. Bailey, J. Stewart, A. Smith, 'Vin. Mar- shall, A. Livingstone, A. Cameron, T. Russell, W. Brown, and T. Healy, remissiou of dog tax, each $1; Mrs. .A.Moir do $2; A. Haslam, repairing Bodnlin bridge $2.50; F. Patterson, gravel, $4.90; J. Grower, provision to . Murphy, ,;$12.47 ; S. Walker gravel $5.50; A. K. Robert - sou do 65 cis; A. Calder, plank $1.90, W. Taylor, ditch and pipe $2.50 ; Wm. Brown, culvert $3.00 ; -J. Netw combo, inspecting jobs $2 ; W. Fre Man, work on sideline $3.50 ; W. Cochrane, digging ditch $3.50 ; D. Farquharson, gravel $3.75 ; M. Flan- nery, grading on sideline $21 ; Mrs. Lynn, gravel $5.25; P. Murphy, charity $3.50 ; J. Shurrie, gravel $3.36; H. Williams, repairing scraper $2.50; P. Scott repairing scraper $2 ; S. Thuill, gravel and damage' to fence $3.84; M. Hughes, crossway and grading $20: R. Kingston, -re- moving old poll house 82 ; T. Healy, gravel $3.22 ; J. Russell, repairing bridge, culvert and scraper $3.85 ; J. Russell, spikes 1.50; T. Miller, taking care of hall, $8; Wm. Wray, councillor's fees, letting jobs i&c. 868.80; C. A. Ilowe do $45,50 ; S. Calbick, do $82.50 ; E. Bosman, do $28.50 ; H. Mooney, do 888.50 W, Olark, salary and expenses $131.50 Moved by S. Caldbick, seconded by H. Mooney, that Joseph Clegg be paid $3 .damage breaking through Hoggs' bridge- carried. By law No. 15 confirming the appointment of the following Deputy Returning Offi- cers in case a poll being required was duly read and passed : Div. No. 1, Election at No. 1 school house, J. Newcombe, D. R. 0 ; Div. No. 2 at No. 9 school house, A. McColl, D. R. 0 ; Div. No. 8,;at No. 5 school house, Geo. Hood, D. Il. 0 ; Div. No. 4 at town hall, R. Hingston, D. R. O ; Div. No. 5 at No. 7 school hours, T. S. Brandon, D. I2 0 ; Div. No. u at No. 10 school ironed, A, Shaw, D. 1t. 6. By law No. 16 extending the time fur collection of taxes was duly road and pass:'ci. The council then ad- journed. W. CLARK, Clerk. • In and About the County. -The total cost of the Perth new county buildings, &c., xt Stratford foots up to the very respectable figure, of $95,135.223. -kJas Kernaghan of Morris has completed a large brick barn and is showing his foresight by' going ex- tensively into stock raising. -There are at present twenty- seven cases of diphtheria in Guelph. Six children of a luau valued .Lid• dell ate in the hospital with the die ease. -Mr. Jacob G. Shaver, of Ancas• ter. has entered an action in court against Win. Shaver for $10,000 for defamation of character, . A silviing affair so to speak. ' Mr. Russell i\Iuirhei el,one of tho.em- ployes in a St. Marys planing mill got one of his hands badly out with the scroll saw, the middle ¶finger be- ing takenoff and two of the others badly injured. -At a meeting of Orangeville hotel - keepers last week a resolution was adopted condemning the recant at• tempt to blow up Inspector Ander- ..•. son's house with dynamite and re- questing the Ontario Government to hold an idvestigation. -In his sermon on Sunday even- ing Rev. Dr. Griffin gave the Guelph fathers a general dressing down. Metaphorically speaking the worthy elector took his coat off and handled the present council without gloves. IIe alluded to the Scott Act, need. ed municipal reforms rnd the ap., pointment of an inspector for hotels, etc. -A shocking case of moral de- pravity was exposed at a session of the magistrates court at St. Thomas on Monday - in the trial of Thomas Palmer, a 3lalahide farmer, and a. woman named Bary Bice, charged ' with conspiracy to rob one Andrew Wickett. Palmer admitted that he had been intimate with the woman Rice, but swore that it was at the in- stigation of his own wife. -On Saturday, acting under in- structions from the Crown Attorney, Chief Constable Randall of Guelph laid an information against . John William Roats, of Parkdale, charging him with manslaughter. Roats is the man who put the furnaces in the Commercial hotel, Guelph, which were recently destroyed by fire, one man losing his, life tllereby. Phe fire is snppesed to have originated from defects in the furnace. ' -On Wednesday night ;last there was a horse stolen from Alio stable of Garner Nicholson in Morris near Belgrave. The thief left' an old - horse in the stable in the place of the one stolen. IIe i‘ent upon• the loft and stuck a wax candle- in the hay, and a strange bridle was left by the thief on the hay . beside the candle. It is thought the thief in- tended to burn the barn. In the morn ing the stolen horse came galloping home with a saddle under- his belly. •-At the annual meeti'it'gof L. 0. L. No. 764, Hingham held on Friday evening last week the following officers were elected for the ensuing year ; John Davison, W. M. ; Henry Green, D. 111.; Thos. Davison, Chap- lain ; Thos. Abraham, Recording Secretary Robt. Cornyn, Finincial ' Secretary; F. H. Roder us. Treasurer; Joseph Bullard, Dire r of Cerembu- fes « m.Jchn Johnston, 1, �eturer• Richard Porter, 1st Committe Man. ' W e are pleased to know that the lodge in Wingham is prospering. -John Farrel and Richard and Redifer, who have been engaged at hoop making near Inwood for a few weeks past, were troubled with a throat'affection, the natnre of which could not be ascertained. The other day they paid a visit to Detroit and consulted a leading specialist, who pronounced the disease to be "glan- ders," advancing the belief that they bad contracted the disease from some horse thus affected. He also stated that he knew of no treatment that would check the ravages of the disease. The affliote'd men returned to Inwood, settled up their business and departed for;their home in Pennsylvania. ti